Animation / Family (1946-1953) 50 Minutes ~ Black & White and Color
Calling all claymation fans!! Here are 5 classic fairytales for you and your family to enjoy. Done by the most fantastic claymation artist during its time.
Cartoons:
1.) The Story Of King Midas
2.) The Story Of Rapunzel
3.) The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood
4.) The Story Of Hansel And Gretel
5.) Mother Goose Presents Little Miss Muffet
Calling all claymation fans!! Here are 5 classic fairytales for you and your family to enjoy. Done by the most fantastic claymation artist during its time.
Cartoons:
1.) The Story Of King Midas
2.) The Story Of Rapunzel
3.) The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood
4.) The Story Of Hansel And Gretel
5.) Mother Goose Presents Little Miss Muffet
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Short filmTranscript
00:00♪♪
00:29Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a king named Midas.
00:38Midas was a very rich king, but he was not a happy king.
00:42For with all his treasures of gold and jewels, this greedy man still longed for more wealth.
00:49All day he would think only of gold.
00:52Restless nights as he tossed about on his royal bed, he dreamed of more gold.
00:57He wanted above all else to become the wealthiest man in the world,
01:02and often he would forget his young daughter Marigold, whom he truly loved very much.
01:09And so for long hours, little Marigold played all alone among the lovely flowers of the spacious palace grounds.
01:16Bright, shining yellow flowers were her favorites,
01:20and she fashioned each day a bouquet of the most perfect of them to put upon the palace tables.
01:30The choicest flower of the lot was always shared with her father,
01:34but greedy King Midas only sighed and thought,
01:38ah, if only these flowers were real gold instead of merely golden color,
01:44then they would truly be worth the having.
01:47But Marigold loved the sweet-smelling flowers just as they were,
01:51and she hurried to place them in cool, fresh water lest they wilt.
01:56The bright yellow color of the flowers reminded Midas of the golden coins
02:00and the treasures hidden deep in his castle dungeon,
02:04and he worried that perhaps someone had discovered them.
03:17Who are you and how did you get in here? cried King Midas in great surprise.
03:43It isn't no matter, said the stranger.
03:46But why are you not happy, King Midas?
03:49You have more golden treasures and more golden coins than you can possibly count in a day.
03:55Just what is it that will bring you contentment?
03:58What will satisfy you, King Midas?
04:02King Midas sighed.
04:04I have long dreamed of becoming the richest man in the world.
04:08I have only one wish.
04:11I wish that everything I touch would turn to gold.
04:14Then I could be truly happy.
04:17Very well, then, the stranger said.
04:19I will grant your wish.
04:22Tomorrow morning at early sunrise, you shall have what you desire.
04:27You shall have the golden touch.
04:30Use it wisely, King Midas.
04:33And now, farewell.
04:40♪
05:07Not wanting to go to bed lest he oversleep,
05:10the king dozed that night in a chair at the head of his dining table.
05:14At dawn, the golden rays of sunlight pierced the palace windows.
05:19King Midas awoke at once, eager to test the power of his promised golden touch.
05:25♪
05:32At first, the king could not believe it possible.
05:36But when he wrapped upon the chair, he knew it to be solid gold.
05:41Then one slight touch of his hand, and his throne too turned to glittering gold.
05:47Now King Midas knew that as long as he lived,
05:50he, King Midas, would be the wealthiest man in the world.
05:55For who could have more gold than he?
05:58♪
06:23The golden touch made King Midas very happy.
06:27But as he sat down to eat breakfast,
06:29marigold came in from the garden with an armful of golden flowers.
06:34Look, father, she said sadly.
06:37What has happened to my lovely flowers?
06:40They are hard and ugly and have no fragrance at all.
06:44Wonderful, my dear, said the king.
06:46They are real gold.
06:48Imagine, real gold.
06:51Come now, sit down and eat your breakfast.
06:54♪
06:59King Midas was very hungry.
07:02But as he reached for an egg, it turned to gold at his touch.
07:06♪
07:16And as he picked up the loaf of bread, it too turned to gold.
07:21All this will never do, thought the king to himself.
07:25Such a costly breakfast and not a thing to eat.
07:29He was angry with himself for ever having wished for the golden touch.
07:34And he was angry at the stranger for having granted his wish.
07:40It saddens marigold to see her father so troubled.
07:43She wanted to comfort him.
07:47But when the old king touched her arm,
07:53poor little marigold became a statue of rigid gold.
08:01King Midas, surrounded by all his golden treasures, now knew how all alone he was.
08:08Through his sobs, he heard the voice of the stranger.
08:11Well, my friend, so you have made a discovery.
08:16Midas wept.
08:18For through his own greediness, he had lost the one thing he truly loved.
08:24Which would you rather have, Midas?
08:27The precious golden touch or a glass of cool water?
08:31A glass of cool water, cried Midas.
08:34The golden touch or a crust of bread, said the stranger.
08:40A crust of bread, answered Midas eagerly.
08:43The golden touch or your daughter?
08:49Oh, my child. My dear, dear child, wept Midas.
08:54Very well, then.
08:56If you wish to be relieved of the golden touch,
08:59wash your hands in the water of the river outside your garden.
09:03Then, take a vase of the same water and sprinkle it over anything you wish to change back.
09:10And sprinkle it over anything you wish to change back to its former state.
09:15Remember me.
09:17And the stranger disappeared.
09:22King Midas lost no time in obeying the stranger's words.
09:26He reached for an empty pitcher and ran for the river to fill it with the precious water.
09:33Shortly, he returned and at once, sprinkled it over Marigold's head.
09:41Soon, all traces of the golden touch were gone.
09:45And he began to hate the sight of anything made of gold.
09:49The only gold that he did enjoy was the gold in his little daughter's hair.
09:55And so we are told, they lived happily ever after.